The winter sky was a light grey as a few single flakes of snow fell atop his soft black hair. The young man sighed softly as his warm, pale hand brushed over the cold snow. He looked to the ground and remembered the fight he'd had earlier in the morning. He shook his head as he heard the painful words strike his memory. 'I hate you! How could you do this to me?' The words rang loudly as he walked on, he felt a pang in his heart.
"Damn it." He muttered as he walked into the doors of Marukawa Publishing.
There were a few mundane office workers standing by the elevator, lowly gossiping about their coworkers in other divisions, Takano only found that type of chatter annoying and walked past them, heading up the stairs. One of the group members, a young girl about 20, took notice of him and walked after him. "Sir," She softly called once the door to the stairs was closed behind her. Takano looked behind him and sighed, her soft black hair hung just past her shoulders.
"What?" He coldly asked her as he looked towards her.
"We need to talk." She stepped closer, only to be challengened by him stepping away from her.
"No, we don't. I have nothing to discuss with you." He frowned as he began to climb the stairs. She held her breath for a moment, trying to find the courage to speak up and then ran the steps towards him.
"Takano, I need to say this!" She grabbed the back of his shirt and held him in place, her cheeks red and her eyes straining to hold her tears. Takano only let out a cold and distant frown as he turned towards her. "What?" He mustered lowly.
"I'm-" There was a pause from her mouth as she wrapped her arms around her abdomen. "I'm pregnant with your child, sir." She swallowed thickly and trembled before him. His eyes went wide and he bit his lower lip.
"Hikari, get rid of it. I have someone to go home to and don't need your...burdens on my doorstep." He turned on his heel and left her in the staircase, her mouth trembled for words as he left her there.
Takano walked onto the managa-editing floor and walked to his department. He looked around and saw everyone, execpt for Onodera. He frowned as he took his seat. "Sir, where is Onodera?" Hatori asked as he covered the phone's reciever with his free hand. Takano just shook his head and took his seat. "I'm not his babysitter." He mumbled as he grabbed a storyboard from his briefcase and got to his work.
It was pushing into the evening and no one had seen Onodera at all. Takano stood from his chair and opened his briefcase, pulling out a full pack of cigarettes, he walked down to the break room for a smoke. He saw Yokozawa in the corner and stood next to him.
"Hey." Yokozawa said before pulling a lit cigarette from his lips. "Didn't your 'wife' make you quit?" He asked as he flicked the ash into a small portable ashtray. Takano only sighed and sat down on a leather chair.
Yokozawa's eyebrow flicked up and he turned to him. "Masamune, is everything okay?" He seemed as though he was generally worried, his best friend typically played around, or teased him about his 'husband'. Takano stayed quiet, slowly sucking on the cigarette. Yokozawa took a seat and sighed. "What happened?" He pulled the bud from his lips once again and blew the smoke slowly from his lips.
"Do you remember when we were on break?" Takano whispered lowly and Yokozawa only nodded.
"I do, why?"
"...I...cheated. I was depressed and heartbroken." Takano put his head into his hands and trembled beside his friend.
"R-Ritsu found out this morning. He found a message from one of the interns on my phone. I messed up so much, I betrayed him and...now..." He was almost to tears and Yokozawa only placed his hand on his back, try to support him in some way, but coming up blind as to what he should say.
"Masamune, go home. Go make up with him." Yokozawa's words only seemed to make things worse for Takano. "I can't. Ritsu doesn't wish to even see me. I've tried to text him throught the day, but he's not answered a single message." Takano confessed as he looked up, his eyes wet with tears. Yokozawa only sighed softly as he rubbed his friend's back.
"Then go home and try to put it behind you both. Better now than later." He stood up, put out his cigarette and walked to the doorway.
"Masamune, it'll be alright. Onodera loves you." He smirked and bit his lip. "Almost as much as I do." He then felt someone bump into his backside.
"Almost as much as whom?" A tall, blonde-haired man asked as he looked into the room.
"Ah-nothing Kirishima-san." Yokozawa could feel a heat burning as he tried to walk past the taller man. "I-I've got to go, call me later, Masamune." He high-tailed it out of there to avoid the man whom often shared his bed. Kirishima only glared after Yokozawa, leaving Takano in the breakroom, wondering what he would say to Ondoera.
It was almost eight when Takano left the editing floor and began making his way home. The snowflakes from the early morning had turned to raindrops as he walked towards the station. Today's events and the morning fight going through his mind.
"I hate you, how could you do this to me?!" Ondoera cried out as tears fell from his eyes, he'd slammed the bedroom door and locked it, preventing Takano from explaining. Takano was sitting on the train when he'd balled his hand into a fist and kept thinking about their fight. "
I'm sorry-" He whispered softly and a few tears fell onto his pants leg. "I'm so, so sorry Onodera." An older lady sat next to him and only frowned until he'd gotten off at his stop. Making the daring walk home to his beloved.
He stepped through the entry-way of the apartment and slipped his shoes off. "R-Ritsu?" He called out to the quiet apartment as he walked through the living room. He saw the bedroom door opened and the brunette had a suitcase that he was packing.
"Ritsu!" He called as he ran to him, his heart fell as he saw what Onodera was doing. "T-Taka-" He was surprised, he hadn't expected to see Takano. He was hoping that he'd of been gone before the black-haired raven had gotten home. He felt Takano's arm wrap around him and he suddered against the touch, as though Takano's touch had turned to poision and burned through his skin. Takano pulled away and held Onodera's soft red cheeks. He saw that he'd been crying and could only frown in his presence.
"Please don't leave." The older man whispered, hoping his words were enough to keep him from leaving.
"You...hurt me, you did an unspeakable act with another person." Onodera said through a broken voice.
"I know...and-I'm so sorry. I was broken when you said you wanted space, I thought you'd never come back." He frowned and pushed the suitcase back, sitting on the bed and pulling him with him.
"Takano..." Onodera called softly and caressed his cheek. "Do you really want me to stay?" It was a stupid question, but it was the base of whether or not he would be able to make it past this obstacle they were thrown to. Takano nodded and squeezed Onodera's hands tightly.
"I do, I want you, no...I need you." He caressed Onodera's cheek as a few shallow tears had fallen from his green eyes.
"Then...tell me everything and keep nothing from me." He was determined to hear it, he wanted to know...some part of him thought that if he'd heard the entire act that it would be easier. He swallowed thickly as Takano frowned, but shifting himself he began to think of what to say.
"Three months ago. I was in the bar around the corner, a young woman from the office joined me for a few drinks. She leaned forward and kissed me, I stupidly kissed her back." He could see the pain that welled up in Onodera's eyes and thought about stopping, but Onodera shook his head in protest. "Go on." Onodera's voice quivered as he kept listening.
"We...decided to move to somewhere else and went back to..." His words dropped and he swallowed thickly. "To where?" Onodera questioned. "Here." Takano answered softly and looked away from him. Onodera's heart felt as though it had shattered.
"You slept with her. In our bed. The one we share. ...I see..." There was little emotion in Onodera's words as he sat there, trying to process everything.
"Go...go on." Onodera wasn't sure if he could handle it, but tried to keep strong. "I removed her skirt, her blouse...and then her...undergarments...I..." He stopped for a second and nibbled his lip once a few seconds had gone by Onodera's hands squeezed his and urged him to go on. "I...had sex with her." The pang that hit Ondoera was strong as he leaned into Takano's chest.
"Did you use any protection." Takano was caught for a second, was he to tell Onodera that the woman he'd slept with was going to be the mother of his child...or was he going to lie and make Onodera's fears finally calm. He didn't know. He only held him tightly as he tried to think about what to say. Onodera looked up at him.
"Takano...did you use a condom with herr?" His voice was quivering and hurt as he sniffled into Takano's chest. Without thinking, Takano nodded, he knew it was wrong, but he wanted Onodera back, he wanted to move past this and just lie with his soulmate.
"Yes, I did, you have nothing to worry about." Onodera smiled happily as his worries drifted away and he quickly fell asleep on Takano's lap. 'What have I done?' Takano thought as he stroked Onodera's soft curls. His heart wasn't alright with this betrayal.
(The end of chapter one)
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